xterm rebinding of keys

Hi, I would like to rebind keys to strinmsg and functions
in my xterm on SGI

Here is a sample Xdefault
*VT100.Translations: #override <Key>F6: keymap(function)
*VT100.functionKeymap.translations: \
    <Key>F1: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
    <Key>F2: string("win\n") \n\
    <Key>F3: string("hinv\n") \n\
    <Key>F4: string("netscape\n") \n\
    <Key>F5: string("\023") \n\
    <Key>F6: string("\021") \n\
    <Key>F7: string("\032") \n\
    <Key>F8: string("\003") \n\
    <Key>F9: string("pro-x\n") \n\
    <Key>F10: string("pro-xm\n") \n\
    <Key>F11: string("starid\n") \n\
    <Key>F12: string("starinfo\n") \n\
    <Key>Prior:scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n\
    <Key>Next:scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n\
    <Key>Insert:insert-selection(PRIMARY,CUT_BUFFER0) \n\

The problem is at present I need to type F6 to activate
the bindings. Is there a better way to do it properly???

Thanks